Forum Post: Camarillo college students help educate youth offenders

In his essay, Daivion Davis, 19, said the study sessions made him take college seriously. Now he’s curious about politics, inspired to broaden his thinking and is considering becoming a psychologist.

“I’m seeing that my thinking is so boxed in and simple,” Davis wrote in his essay. “Now I want to expand my mind outside the simple things that make a young African American Male from the hood happy. Money, Cars, Jewelry, and Women. I wanna be able to have a intelligent conversation with a stranger without feeling dumb and useless. I want to make my mother proud of me ... I want to help my little sister with her homework and teach her how to be an adult.”

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